The Challenges Of Terrorism to India's Infrastructure and Economy
The event seeks to unveil through the experience of national and others of international repute from USA, UK, Israel etc a new understanding and awareness of the India's security scenario
Tweet-- The Indian Economy is one of the few economies of the world that has maintained a sustained growth, despite one of the worst global financial crises in the past century. However, protagonists of terrorism remain unremitting in their endeavour to seriously disrupt this trend by attacking symbols of our soft power, particularly engines of our economic growth. Security Watch India which is driven by a strong commitment to bring together world's latest security Technologies and best practices in securing India's vital Infrastructure & energy assets is organizing a conference on 'The Challenge of Terrorism to India's Infrastructure & Economy' at The Lalit on 9th & 10th December in New Delhi. One year post 26/11,a lot remains unspoken and unexamined; it necessitates a review of Security strategies, current global best practices and avante garde technologies to arrive at solutions to improving national security, particularly of critical infrastructure, mega events like the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, crowded public places, railways airports and VIPs etc.
Issues like Current best practices for Security of ports, Aviation and Large events, Countering CBRN threats, Countering Terrorism by State Police forces- Creation of Elite Units, upgrading and integrating intelligence resources, training and equipment and preparing industry for crisis management, resilience and business continuity will be few of the prime issues on the agenda of the conference. Mr. Gopal K Pillai, Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs will give a key note address on India's Internal Security Situation. Mr. Ranjit Sinha, IPS, Director General, Railway Protection Force, Col. Qoem John Carlos, Trindade Lopes, General Commander, Brazil, Maroof Raza, Analyst and Author, Brett Lovegrove, Head of Counter Terrorism - UK Police (Retd) and Leo Gleser, President ISDS- Isreal are few speakers amongst many others addressing the conference.
Conference would also witness Aijaz Ilmi speaking on the session 'Countering Radical World views' and Sadia Dehlvi addressing 'The Middle path- Sufism'. "The event seeks to unveil through the experience of national and others of international repute from USA, UK, Israel etc a new understanding and awareness of the security scenario" affirms, Mr. Harry Dhaul, Director General, Security Watch India. The threatening contours of the evolving security environment regionally and globally call for an urgent review by stakeholders in the public and private domain of security strategies. Adding to this, "The unfolding tenuous situation in the AF -Pak region will impact on our security. We need to closely monitor developments and trends and be prepared to deal with the worst case scenario", points, Mr. S R Mehra, IPS, Retd, Fmr. Secretary (Security) Govt. Of India and Senior Advisor, Security Watch India.
There would also be live demonstrations of the latest cutting edge and arguably the best security technology from across the globe like latest technology in personal security and many more.
